Today: November 19, 2024
Today: November 19, 2024

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Environment|Science|Technology

A wind turbine is damaged off Nantucket Island. Searchers are combing beaches for debris

Wind developers off the touristy Massachusetts island of Nantucket have sent teams to search for debris after one of their wind turbine blades suffered damage

Environment|News|Travel

Torrential rains hit Canada's largest city, closing a major highway and other roads

A major highway, several other thoroughfares and a key transit hub in Toronto have been flooded as torrential rains washed over Canada’s largest city

Torrential rains hit Canada's largest city, closing a major highway and other roads
Business|News|Technology

Elon Musk says he's moving SpaceX, X headquarters from California to Texas

Billionaire Elon Musk says he’s moving the headquarters of SpaceX and social media company X to Texas from California

Elon Musk says he's moving SpaceX, X headquarters from California to Texas
Americas|Crime|News|World

El Salvador has arrested 3,319 minors and sentenced almost 600 as part of anti-gang crackdown

A rights report says the government of El Salvador has arrested 3,319 underage suspects and sentenced 579 during the harsh 2 1/2 year-old crackdown on street gangs

El Salvador has arrested 3,319 minors and sentenced almost 600 as part of anti-gang crackdown
Crime|News|US

Power restored at overcrowded California prison after outage amid heat wave

Power has been restored at an overcrowded California men’s prison that ran on emergency generator power for three days following a major electrical outage amid a heat wave

Entertainment|Lifestyle|Sports

Sue Bird Barbie: Mattel honors WNBA great with signature doll

WNBA great Sue Bird has been honored with a signature Barbie doll

Education|News|US

North Carolina House Democratic deputy leader Clemmons to resign from Legislature

The No. 2 leader of North Carolina House Democrats is stepping down from the General Assembly next month because she’s taking a new job within the University of North Carolina system

Health|Sports

Blues' Torey Krug diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle, could miss the season

St. Louis Blues defenseman Torey Krug is in danger of missing the entire 2024-25 NHL season after being diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle

Crime|Europe

Venice mayor under investigation in wide-ranging corruption scandal. He denies wrongdoing

The mayor of Venice is under investigation in a corruption scandal that has landed his top public works official in jail for an alleged system of kickbacks in return for granting favors to developers

Environment|News|US

Judge temporarily halts state plan to monitor groundwater use in crop-rich California region

A judge has temporarily blocked a plan by a California state water board to take over monitoring groundwater use in a portion of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley

Environment|News|US

Forest fire breaks out at major military gunnery range in New Jersey

Crews are battling a fast-moving forest fire that broke out at a major military gunnery range in southern New Jersey

Sports

Loyd and Ogwumike combine to score 20 of Seattle's 25 fourth-quarter points in 89-83 win over Sparks

Jewell Loyd had 30 points and seven assists, Nneka Ogwumike added 23 points, 10 rebounds and six steals against her former team, and the Seattle Storm beat the Los Angeles Sparks 89-83

Crime|News|US

Mississippi state Sen. McLendon is cleared of DUI charge in Alabama, court records show

A Mississippi lawmaker says he has been cleared of a DUI charge in Alabama

Crime|Europe|News|US|World

Prosecutors say neo-Nazi 'murder cult' leader plotted to give poison candy to Jewish kids in NYC

Prosecutors say the leader of a violent neo-Nazi extremist group based in eastern Europe has been charged with plotting to have an associate dress up as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children in New York City to sow terror

Prosecutors say neo-Nazi 'murder cult' leader plotted to give poison candy to Jewish kids in NYC
Asia|News|World

Remains of World War II POW who died in the Philippines returned home to California

The remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 have been brought home to California

Remains of World War II POW who died in the Philippines returned home to California
Celebrity|Entertainment|Sports

Cody Johnson sings anthem smoothly at All-Star Game a night after Ingrid Andress' panned rendition

Country music artist Cody Johnson performed the national anthem without a hitch before the All-Star Game in his home state of Texas

Cody Johnson sings anthem smoothly at All-Star Game a night after Ingrid Andress' panned rendition
Health|Sports

Mavericks star Kyrie Irving breaks left hand in offseason workout, has surgery

Kyrie Irving has a broken left hand that required surgery after getting injured in an offseason workout

Mavericks star Kyrie Irving breaks left hand in offseason workout, has surgery
Crime|News|US

2nd Washington man pleads not guilty in 2022 attacks on Oregon electrical grids

A second Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of damaging a power substation in Oregon in 2022

Australia|Crime

Papua New Guinea's sidelined minister to fight domestic violence charge in Sydney court next year

Papua New Guinea’s sidelined Petroleum Minister, Jimmy Maladina, will appear in a Sydney court in March to fight a charge of assaulting a woman during a domestic dispute

Crime|Europe

Swedish police await forensic results to confirm 2 bodies found in burnt car are missing Britons

Swedish police say the two bodies found in a burnt Danish-registered car in the city of Malmo during the weekend haven’t been identified yet and they are currently unable to confirm whether the victims are two British citizens reported missing

Europe|News|World

A German court convicts a businessman of delivering components with military use to Russia

A German court has convicted a businessman of delivering electronic components to Russian firms associated with the production of military equipment, and sentenced him to six years and nine months in prison

Business|Europe|Technology|World

European Union court says TikTok owner can't avoid bloc's law cracking down on digital giants

TikTok owner ByteDance can’t avoid the bloc’s crackdown on digital giants, a European Union court says

European Union court says TikTok owner can't avoid bloc's law cracking down on digital giants
News|US|World

Iran rejects accusations it was involved in plots to assassinate Trump

Iran has rejected accusations regarding plots to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump, while citing legal action for the 2020 assassination of a revered general by U.S. drone

Business|Economy|Europe

Korea's KHNP selected to build at least 2 new nuclear reactors in Czech Republic

The Czech government says South Korea’s KHNP has won a lucrative public tender to build at least two nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic as the country tries to become more energy independent and wean itself off fossil fuels

Crime|News

Police pursuit leads to arrest of 2nd man in Maine death investigation

Maine State Police say they've charged a second person in connection with the death of a man in the coastal community of Cushing

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